Flagstaff Fort

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox Military Structure |name=Flagstaff Fort |partof= |location=Staten Island, New York |image= |caption= |type=Redoubt |built=June 1776 |builder=Patriot forces |materials= |height= |used=1776-1783 |demolished=Replaced by Fort Tompkins in 1806 |condition= |coordinates = {{coord|40|36|18|N|74|03|24|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline}} | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA New York City#USA New York#USA | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mark = | pushpin_marksize = |ownership=National Park Service |controlledby= |garrison= |commanders= |occupants=National Park Service |battles=American Revolutionary War |events= }} A Patriot redoubt built in June 1776, located on Signal Hill at The Narrows on Staten Island. Site of an earlier 1663 blockhouse that stood until at least 1808,<ref name=Rob1>Roberts, pp. 587-589, 604-605</ref> preceded by one built by Dutch settler David Pieterszen de Vries in 1636 and destroyed in the Peach War of 1655.<ref>[http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/nycity3.html#harbor Fort Wadsworth at American Forts Network]</ref> Taken by the British in July 1776 and by July 1779 a redoubt with gun platforms for 26 cannon was built. Two months later, six 24-pounders and four 18-pounders were recorded on hand. In 1782 the fort had five bastions and several barbette batteries. Evacuated by the British in 1783 at the end of the Revolution.<ref name=Rob1/> In 1806 Flagstaff Fort was demolished and Fort Tompkins was built on the site, reportedly enclosing the 1663 blockhouse with red sandstone.<ref name=Rob2>Roberts, pp. 587-589</ref> That fort along with others grew into Fort Wadsworth.<ref name=Rob2/> The site is now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area of the National Park Service.

==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book | last = Roberts | first = Robert B. | title = Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States | publisher = Macmillan | year = 1988 | location = New York | isbn = 0-02-926880-X }}

==External links== *[http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsE_L/flagstaffFort.htm Flagstaff Fort at New York State Military Museum]

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